Leading an organisation following a crisis that made national headlines is not a responsibility that many would voluntarily sign up for. But Amanda Newton,  chief executive of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH), says that somebody needed to step up and, as a housing professional, she felt “a huge responsibility to make sure people can be safe”.

She therefore left her role as executive director of customer insight at Liverpool-based Livv Group last September to take on arguably the most difficult chief executive role in social housing currently.

As part of Housing Today’s Every Person Counts campaign, Olivia Barber visited Rochdale to meet Newton and find out what has changed at RBH.